HR3 CA’s New Tire Law. AI Managers & Robot Workers: The Next Revolution. (8-19-26)

Join the Conversation at 303-477-5600 or text 307-200-8222. Monday-Friday, 3 pm-6 pm MT. https://RushToReason.com HOUR 1 Sugar, Cancer, and Fatigue: What Is Your Body Trying to Tell You? John Rush opens Health and Wellness Wednesday with retirement specialist Al Smith, exploring one of Social Security’s toughest questions: when should you actually start taking your benefits? From taxes and spousal strategies to longevity and retirement planning, more may be riding on that decision than most people realize. Then food and lifestyle influencer Johnna French tackles the back-to-school scramble with practical ways to make breakfasts, lunches, and after-school snacks easier while getting kids involved. Later, Flora Health CEO Thomas Greither dives into iron deficiency, ferritin testing, fatigue, absorption, and a different approach to iron supplementation. The hour closes with John turning to sugar, cancer concerns, and his own dramatic experience cutting sugar while losing more than 110 pounds. Could something most of us consume every day be harder to give up than we realize? Timestamps 2:02 — Al Smith — https://goldeneaglefinancialltd.com/ 12:48 — Johnna French — http://www.johnnaknowsgoodfood.com/ 27:03 — Thomas Greither — Flora Health — https://florahealth.com HOUR 2 From the Wright Brothers to Culture Wars, Who Gets to Define What’s True? From The Wright Brothers’ Impossible Dream To Today’s Political And Cultural Battles, This Hour Asks What Happens When People Refuse To Back Down. John Rush and Richard Battle revisit Orville and Wilbur Wright, ordinary bicycle-shop owners whose persistence, ingenuity, and willingness to fail helped launch the age of powered flight. Their story becomes a lesson in encouragement, capitalism, individual initiative, and the “American do spirit.” Then John turns to a very different question: when does a political label cross the line into name-calling? Sonny Kutcher of Young Americans Against Socialism joins the conversation as it expands into women’s sports, biological sex, gender identity, pronouns, socialism, free speech, and ideological conformity. Sonny also offers her perspective as a liberal Democrat concerned about political extremism. Finally, after being called a “bully with a microphone,” John explains why he refuses to apologize for using labels he believes accurately describe political and cultural groups. Timestamps 1:12 — Richard Battle — https://RichardBattle.com 29:05 — Sonny Kutcher — https://yaas.org HOUR 3 CA’s New Tire Law. AI Managers & Robot Workers: The Next Revolution. California Isn’t Banning Your Tires—So What Is Its New Law Actually Going To Do? John opens Hour 3 cutting through the alarming headlines surrounding California’s tire-efficiency rules. While he strongly opposes forcing manufacturers to comply, John explains why the regulation may have an unexpected benefit. He then turns to Colorado’s crackdown on expired temporary tags and registrations, and how the state’s registration-fee system itself desperately needs reform. Scott Garliss of Bent Pine Capital joins John as the conversation moves from slow housing sales and high mortgage rates to the much bigger economic story of AI and robotics. They explore why homeowners with low mortgage rates aren't moving, why Scott remains optimistic about the U.S. economy, and how artificial intelligence could create entirely new careers while transforming existing ones. From AI managers and Chief AI Officers to robots in restaurants, construction, manufacturing, and automotive repair, John and Scott believe the changes could arrive much faster than many people expect. The hour closes with John covering a new Colorado driver-training law. Could this actually make CO roads safer? Timestamps 27:04 — Scott Garliss — https://www.bentpinecapital.com/